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U.S. Navy International Logistics Symposium

Secretary of the Navy John H. Dalton will be a guest speaker at a three-day International Logistics Symposium sponsored by the Navy International Programs Office in conjunction with the American Society of Naval Engineers, July 14-16, 1997, at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Crystal City, VA. Representatives from government, industry and foreign nations will meet to exchange ideas and review exhibits on a variety of logistics topics related to the Navy's Foreign Military Sales program. For program information contact NAVSEA (703) 602-9000.

20th Annual May Training Program

The 20th annual May Training Program will be held at the Arlington [Texas] Convention Center from 8:00am to 4:00pm on Tuesday, May 13th and Wednesday, May 14, 1997. The two-day training program consists of 13 professional speakers who will present 20 different workshops on a wide variety of topics such as motivation, organizational improvement, successful writing, sexual harrassment, communication strategies, career advancement, and many more. Some workshop titles include:

• How to Manage Projects, Priorities, and Deadlines;
  
• Communicate With Clarity, Confidence, andCreditability;
  
• Technology Never Stands Still.. Neither Should Your Career;
  
• Leapfrogging Roadblocks to Organizational Harmony;
  

Conference costs are $45 per day. Complete conference details are available at http://r6ser1.r06.epa.gov:8000/dfwfeb/calfwp.htm. The registration deadline is April 11,1997. For questions, please call Cheryl Moore, FWPC President, at 817-847-3898.

Third Annual Performance Management Conference

May 13-14, 1997, in McLean, VA, at the McLean Hilton Hotel. This conference is designed to provide practical, cutting-edge information on a wide variety of topics related to performance appraisals and awards. To receive a brochure, call (202) 606-2720, or fax a request to (202) 606-2395. For additional conference information, call Digna Carballosa at (202) 606-1778 or E-Mail dmcarbal@opm.gov.

The following news summaries are from OPM AM, the daily newsletter of the Office of Personnel Management. OPM AM is available on OPM Mainstreet, the agency's electronic bulletin board, at 202-606-4800.

THE FEDERAL DIARY--"Defense Department civilians could roll over the cash value of lump-sum payments for unused annual leave into tax-deferred IRAs under a plan the Pentagon may send to Congress. If it became law, other federal agencies almost certainly would ask for the same perk" (The Washington Post, Monday)...This week, members of the National Federation of Federal Employees plan to lobby Congress and the White House about the use of private contractors (The Washington Post, Sunday).

VP MESSAGE--Vice President Al Gore gives employees high grades for reinvention (The Federal Times).

FEDERAL ISSUES--President Clinton has proposed a 2.8 percent GS raise for 1998, and Congress is likely to agree on that amount (The Federal Times, May 12).

BUDGET--Under a proposed budget agreement, the typical federal employee contribution to retirement would increase about $100 per year in 1999 (The Washington Post).

HEALTH--Pressure to keep premiums low has driven up co-payments for patients in health maintenance organizations, a new study reports (The Washington Post).

WORKFORCE--The Washington Board of trade is working with OPM to facilitate the transition of released regional federal employees--a key local segment of the labor pool--into the private sector because of government restructuring (Board of Trade News).

BOOKS--"Some chief executives are so unbearable that companies display warning labels" (The New York Times, Off the Shelf).